US5767985A - System employing facsimile units to transmit E-mail between information processors over public telephone lines - Google Patents

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US5767985A
US5767985A US08/425,204 US42520495A US5767985A US 5767985 A US5767985 A US 5767985A US 42520495 A US42520495 A US 42520495A US 5767985 A US5767985 A US 5767985A
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  • the present invention relates to a facsimile/electronic mail transforming system, and more particularly to a facsimile/electronic mail (will be termed similarly "E-mail" hereinafter) transforming system including a specific information processor linked through a network such as a LAN to other information processors (workstations) that are destinations of E-mails, and a facsimile unit linked directly or through the network to the specific information processor and also connected to a public telephone line.
  • E-mail facsimile/electronic mail
  • a facsimile unit is merely a specialized image transfer device for receiving an image and transferring the image to the workstation, and for transmitting an image transferred from the workstation to another facsimile unit.
  • Japanese Patent Laid-open No. Hei 2-94959 discloses a technique of using facsimile units as gateways between the network and public telephone line, in which a facsimile unit that is connected to the network stores received image data of text, with text numbers being appended thereto, in its own memory and, in response to a request of delivery from a workstation through the network, it reads out the image data with the specified text number from the memory and transfers the image data to the workstation.
  • E-mail systems have been used for transacting messages among individuals through a communication network.
  • the E-mail system is intended to communicate messages, even including graphic and vocal information, among individual users by utilizing both a LAN (Local Area Network) and a large-scale communication network.
  • Messages sent to a user are stored in an E-mail box, which is a storage area assigned to the user in the memory provided for the network, and the user can access a received message for reading, filing or deleting by appropriate operations at the user's terminal.
  • facsimile units are solely used as terminals linked to a network, and are not used as gateways between the network and public telephone line (will be termed simply "gateway" hereinafter). Therefore, it is difficult for the facsimile units that are connected only to the public telephone line to send E-mails to intended destinations by using a LAN or the like.
  • the present invention is intended to address deficiencies and improve upon the foregoing prior art situation, and its prime object is to provide a facsimile/E-mail transforming system which enables general terminals such as facsimile units to send E-mails through the public telephone line to destination terminals on a network, such as a LAN, by way of a facsimile unit as the gateway.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a facsimile/E-mail transforming system which enables the delivery of an E-mail sent by an originating terminal that is connected to the public telephone line to a destination terminal on a network automatically in the data form adapted to that destination terminal even if the data type of the E-mail is different from the data reception type of the destination terminal.
  • the present invention resides in a first facsimile/E-mail transforming system which comprises a specific information processor linked through a network to a plurality of other information processors as destinations of E-mails, and a facsimile unit connected directly or through the network to the specific information processor and also connected to a public telephone line.
  • the facsimile unit includes a reception means for receiving mail information, with destination indicating information appended thereto, from an originating terminal linked through the public telephone line.
  • One of the facsimile unit and the specific information processor includes an analysis means for analyzing destination indicating information received by the reception means thereby to determine an E-mail destination.
  • a transmission means transmits the mail information received by the reception means to the determined E-mail destination.
  • the reception means of the facsimile unit receives the information.
  • the analysis means analyzes the received destination indicating information to determine an E-mail destination, and the transmission means transmits the received mail information to the determined E-mail destination.
  • the present invention further resides in the first information processor further includes a reception type register means in which the reception types of the other information processors are registered in advance, and a data form conversion means for reforming the mail information received by the reception means to have a data form acceptable to the E-mail destination, as determined by the analysis means in accordance with the record in the reception type register means relevant to the destination.
  • the transmission means transmits the reformed mail information to the determined E-mail destination.
  • the reception means of the facsimile unit receives the information.
  • the analysis means analyzes the received destination indicating information to determine an E-mail destination.
  • the data form conversion means reforms the received mail information to have a data form acceptable to the E-mail destination determined by the analysis means in accordance with the record in the reception type register means relevant to the destination, and the transmission means transmits the reformed mail information to the determined E-mail destination.
  • the present invention resides in a second facsimile/E-mail transforming system which comprises a specific information processor linked through a network to a plurality of other information processors as destinations of E-mails, and a facsimile unit connected directly or through the network to the specific information processor and also connected to a public telephone line.
  • the facsimile unit includes a reception means for receiving mail information, with destination indicating information appended thereto, from an originating terminal linked through the public telephone line, and a transfer means for transferring information received by the reception means to the specific information processor.
  • the specific information processor includes an analysis means for analyzing destination indicating information transferred by the transfer means thereby to determine an E-mail destination.
  • a transmission means for transmitting the transferred mail information to the determined E-mail destination.
  • the reception means of the facsimile unit receives the information and the transfer means transfers the received information to the specific information processor.
  • the analysis means analyzes the transferred destination indicating information to determine an E-mail destination, and the transmission means transmits the transferred mail information to the determined E-mail destination.
  • the present invention additionally resides in the second facsimile/E-mail transforming system wherein:
  • the analysis means analyzes a DTMF signal as destination indicating information thereby to determine an E-mail destination; when mail information, with a DTMF signal as destination indicating information being appended thereto, is sent from an originating terminal to the facsimile unit through the public telephone line, the reception means of the facsimile unit receives the information and the transfer means transfers the received information to the specific information processor; in the specific information processor, the analysis means analyzes the DTMF signal to determine an E-mail destination, and the transmission means transmits the transferred mail information to the determined E-mail destination; mail information to be transmitted is preferably literal data, although other data forms are also applicable; or
  • the analysis means analyzes image data as destination indicating information thereby to determine an E-mail destination; when mail information, with image data as destination indicating information being appended thereto, is sent from an originating terminal to the facsimile unit through the public telephone line, the reception means of the facsimile unit receives the information and the transfer means transfers the received information to the specific information processor; in the specific information processor, the analysis means analyzes the destination indicating image data to determine an E-mail destination, and the transmission means transmits the transferred mail information to the determined E-mail destination; in case mail information to be transmitted is of a type other than image data, an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) device or the like is suitably used to send only the destination indicating image data; or
  • the analysis means analyzes vocal data as destination indicating information thereby to determine an E-mail destination; when mail information, with vocal data as destination indicating information being appended thereto, is sent from an originating terminal to the facsimile unit through the public telephone line, the reception means of the facsimile unit receives the information and the transfer means transfers the received information to the specific information-processor; in the specific information processor, the analysis means analyzes the destination indicating vocal data to determine an E-mail destination, and the transmission means transmits the transferred mail information to the determined E-mail destination; mail information to be transmitted is preferably vocal data, although other data forms are also applicable; or
  • the analysis means analyzes literal data as destination indicating information thereby to determine an E-mail destination; when mail information, with literal data as destination indicating information being appended thereto, is sent from an originating terminal to the facsimile unit through the public telephone line, the reception means of the facsimile unit receives the information and the transfer means transfers the received information to be specific information processor; in the specific information processor, the analysis means analyzes the destination indicating literal data to determine an E-mail destination, and the transmission means transmits the transferred mail information to the determined E-mail destination; mail information to be transmitted is preferably literal data, although other data forms are also applicable; or
  • the specific information processor further includes a vocal/literal conversion means for converting vocal data transferred by the transfer means into literal data, and the transmission means transmits the converted literal data to the E-mail destination determined by the analysis means; when vocal data as mail information, with destination indicating information being appended thereto, is sent from an originating terminal to the facsimile unit through the public telephone line, the reception means of the facsimile unit receives the information and the transfer means transfers the received information to the specific information processor; in the specific information processor, the analysis means analyzes the destination indicating information to determine an E-mail destination, the vocal/literal conversion means converts the transferred vocal data into literal data, and the transmission means transmits the converted literal data to the E-mail destination determined by the analysis means; or
  • the specific information processor further includes a vocal/image conversion means for converting vocal data transferred by the transfer means into image data, and the transmission means transmits the converted image data to the E-mail destination determined by the analysis means; when vocal data as mail information, with destination indicating information being appended thereto, is sent from an originating terminal to the facsimile unit through the public telephone line, the reception means of the facsimile unit receives the information and the transfer means transfers the received information to the specific information processor; in the specific information processor, the analysis means analyzes the destination indicating information to determine an E-mail destination, the vocal/image conversion means converts the transferred vocal data into image data, and the transmission means transmits the converted image data to the E-mail destination determined by the analysis means; or
  • the specific information processor further includes an image/literal conversion means for converting image data transferred by the transfer means into literal data, and the transmission means transmits the converted literal data to the E-mail destination determined by the analysis means; when image data as mail information, with destination indicating information being appended thereto, is sent from an originating terminal to the facsimile unit through the public telephone line, the reception means of the facsimile unit receives the information and the transfer means transfers the received information to the specific information processor; in the specific information processor, the analysis means analyzes the destination indicating information to determine an E-mail destination, the image/literal conversion means converts the transferred image data into literal data, and the transmission means transmits the converted literal data to the E-mail destination determined by the analysis means; or
  • the specific information processor further includes an image/vocal conversion means for converting image data transferred by the transfer means into vocal data, and the transmission means transmits the converted vocal data to the E-mail destination determined by the analysis means; when image data as mail information, with destination indicating information being appended thereto, is sent from an originating terminal to the facsimile unit through the public telephone line, the reception means of the facsimile unit receives the information and the transfer means transfers the received information to the specific information processor; in the specific information processor, the analysis means analyzes the destination indicating information to determine an E-mail destination, the image/vocal conversion means converts the transferred image data into vocal data, and the transmission means transmits the converted vocal data to the E-mail destination determined by the analysis means; or
  • the specific information processor further includes a literal/image conversion means for converting literal data transferred by the transfer means into image data, and the transmission means transmits the converted image data to the E-mail destination determined by the analysis means; when literal data as mail information, with destination indicating information being appended thereto, is sent from an originating terminal to the facsimile unit through the public telephone line, the reception means of the facsimile unit receives the information and the transfer means transfers the received information to the specific information processor; in the specific information processor, the analysis means analyzes the destination indicating information to determine an E-mail destination, the literal/image conversion means converts the transferred literal data into image data, and the transmission means transmits the converted image data to the E-mail destination determined by the analysis means; or
  • the specific information processor further includes a literal/vocal conversion means for converting literal data transferred by the transfer means into vocal data, and the transmission means transmits the converted vocal data to the E-mail destination determined by the analysis means; when literal data as mail information, with destination indicating information being appended thereto, is sent from an originating terminal to the facsimile unit through the public telephone line, the reception means of the facsimile unit receives the information and the transfer means transfers the received information to the specific information processor; in the specific information processor, the analysis means analyzes the destination indicating information to determine an E-mail destination, the literal/vocal conversion means converts the transferred literal data into vocal data, and the transmission means transmits the converted vocal data to the E-mail destination determined by the analysis means; or
  • the specific information processor further includes a reception type register means in which the reception types of the other destination information processors are registered in advance, and a data form conversion means for reforming the mail information transferred by the transfer means to have a data form acceptable to the E-mail destination determined by the analysis means in accordance with the record in the reception type register means relevant to the destination, and the transmission means transmits the reformed mail information to the determined E-mail destination; when mail information, with destination indicating information being appended thereto, is sent from an originating terminal to the facsimile unit through the public telephone line, the reception means of the facsimile unit receives the information and the transfer means transfers the received information to the specific information processor; in the specific information processor, the analysis means analyzes the destination indicating information to determine an E-mail destination.
  • the data form conversion means converts the transferred mail information to have a data form receptible for the E-mail destination determined by the analysis means in accordance with the record in the reception type register means relevant to the destination, and the transmission means transmits the reformed mail information to the determined E-mail destination.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the organization of the facsimile/E-mail transforming system based on an embodiment of this invention
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram generally showing the internal arrangement of a host unit and a connected facsimile unit shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a principal control program of the facsimile unit
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a part of a principal control program of the host unit
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing another part of the principal control program of the host unit
  • FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a remaining part or the principal control program of the host unit
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a voice recognition & vocal/literal conversion process
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a image recognition & image/literal conversion process.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a header sheet in which destination indicating information in the form of image data is appended.
  • FIG. 1 shows the organization of a facsimile/E-mail transforming system 50 based on this embodiment.
  • the system 50 includes a host unit 10 as a specific information processor which is linked through a network 52 to other information processors including a print server 54, file server 56, mail server 58, workstation 60 and facsimile unit 62, and a facsimile unit 30 which is connected directly to the host unit 10.
  • the system constitutes a LAN (Local Area Network).
  • the print server 54 is a workstation assigned to a printer 64.
  • the file server 56 which can be accessed by all LAN users, is a comprehensive file storage of the LAN having the abilities of storing files, updating files, organizing files, and controlling the access requests of the LAN users.
  • the file server 56 is generally constituted by a computer having a large-capacity hard disk memory specialized for the shared file management task.
  • the mail server 58 is a computer having E-mail boxes assigned to the LAN users.
  • the host unit 10 is a main computer of the LAN
  • the workstation 60 is an individual computer (stand-alone computer)
  • the facsimile unit 62 is an individual facsimile unit (stand-alone facsimile unit).
  • FIG. 2 shows the internal arrangement of the host unit 10 and the facsimile unit 30.
  • the host unit 10 consists of a main controller 12, an operation panel 14, a storage 16 used for the reception type register means, a network controller 18 and a facsimile interface 20 which are all connected together through a system bus.
  • the main controller 12 which controls the whole host unit 10, includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), ROM for storing a control program and data, and RAM used for the temporary memory (not shown in the figure).
  • the operation panel 14 is a keyboard used by the operator.
  • the storage 16 has relatively large capacity and stores a record of the reception types (i.e., the ability of receiving image data, literal data or vocal data) of the information processors 54-62 that are linked through the network 52 for receiving E-mails.
  • the facsimile interface 20 is connected externally to the host interface of the facsimile unit 30, and performs interface control between the host unit 10 and the facsimile unit 30.
  • the host unit 10 arranged as described above operates based on the control program to have the communication with the network (LAN), transact E-mail data with the facsimile unit 30 and analyze data, as will be explained later.
  • the facsimile unit 30 consists of a main controller 32, an operation/display panel 34, a text reader 36, an encoder/decoder 38, a printer 40, a storage 42, a line controller 44, and a host interface 46 all connected together through a system bus.
  • the main controller 32 which controls the whole facsimile unit 30, includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), ROM for storing a control program and data, and RAM used for the temporary memory (not shown in the figure).
  • the operation/display panel 34 includes a key section used by the operator and a display screen (not shown in the figure).
  • the text reader 36 includes a color or monochrome (depending on the performance of the facsimile unit) scanner which reads the image of a text to produce image data.
  • the encoder/decoder 38 encodes image data which has been provided by the text reader 36 and stored in the storage 42 into compressed data, and decodes compressed image data. It operates based on the MH or MR scheme for monochrome image data or the DCT or ADCT scheme for color image data depending on the performance of the text reader 36.
  • the printer 40 reproduces a text from received image data.
  • the storage 42 has a capacity slightly larger than the usual page memory.
  • the line controller 44 connects and disconnects the facsimile unit 30 with originating facsimile units (not shown), and detects incoming calls from these units through the public telephone line 70. It includes a G3 line controller consisting of a modem and NCU and a G4 line controller (not shown in the figure).
  • the host interface 46 performs interface control between the facsimile unit 30 and the host unit 10.
  • the facsimile unit 30, arranged as described above, has the function of transacting data with the host unit 10, in addition to the usual facsimile function.
  • the other facsimile unit 62 is similar to the facsimile unit 30, with the host interface 46 being replaced with a network controller similar to the one 18 included in the host unit 10.
  • the workstation 60 is similar to the host unit 10, with the facsimile interface 20 being absent.
  • the control program of the facsimile unit 30 starts when the unit has an incoming call from an originating terminal through the public telephone line and it is indicted by the line controller 44 to the CPU in the main controller 32.
  • step 100 it is detected whether the facsimile unit 30 is in computer mode (online operation with the host unit 10).
  • This mode can be selected by the operator on the operation/display panel 34. Alternatively, this mode may be selected automatically based on the judgement of the main controller 32, or in response to the power-on condition of a certain information processor detected by way of the network controller 18 of the host unit 10, for example.
  • step 100 If the computer mode is negated in step 100, the sequence proceeds to step 140, in which the unit 30 implements the usual facsimile receiving operation, and the control program terminates. Otherwise, if the computer mode is affirmed in step 100, the sequence proceeds to step 102, in which the reception of the call is indicated to the host unit 10 by way of the host interface 46, the sequence further proceeds to step 104 to wait for the input of vocal guide message data from the host unit 10.
  • control program of the host unit 10 starts when a call made by the facsimile unit 30 is indicated through the facsimile interface 20 to the CPU in the main controller 12.
  • step 200 the host unit 10 sends vocal guide message data to the facsimile unit 30 through the facsimile interface 20.
  • the vocal guide message is, for example: "This facsimile unit has mail transfer function". "Specify an E-mail destination in any form of DTMF signal, literal data, vocal data or image data, and enter mail information". To simplify the explanation, all operators of the system are assumed to have the knowledge of operation.
  • the sequence proceeds to step 202 to wait for the instruction of reception mode (vocal mode, DTMF/literal mode or image mode) from the facsimile unit 30.
  • step 104 the reception of the vocal guide message data from the host unit 10 through the host interface 46 is affirmed in step 104.
  • the sequence proceeds to step 106, in which the vocal guide message data is sent out over the public telephone line 70, which is followed by step 108. Consequently, the vocal guide message data is delivered to the operator of the originating terminal connected through the public telephone line 70.
  • step 108 the NSF (non-standard function identification signal), CSI (called terminal identification signal) and DIS (digital identification signal) of the ordinary G3 protocol are sent out and the procedure of receiving protocol is commenced, and the sequence proceeds to step 110 to wait for the detection of an instruction from the originating terminal.
  • the operation of step 108 enables the originating terminal, even if it is a usual facsimile unit, to transmit image data.
  • the operator of the originating terminal responds to the vocal guide message to send out destination indicating information and mail information.
  • the destination indicating information received by the facsimile unit 30 through the public telephone line 70 is fed to the line controller 44 at which the condition of step 110 is affirmed, and the sequence proceeds to step 112.
  • step 120 the sequence proceeds to step 122 to indicate the DTMF/literal mode to the host unit 10 by way of the host interface 46, and thereafter proceeds to step 124, in which the line controller 44 receives literal data which follows the DTMF tone, and it is stored in the storage 42. Otherwise, following the negative result of step 120, the sequence proceeds to step 128 to indicate the image mode to the host unit 10 by way of the host interface 46, and thereafter proceeds to step 130, in which the line controller 44 receives coded data (image data) which follows the destination indicating information, and it is stored in the storage 42 by being decoded by the encoder/decoder 38.
  • coded data image data
  • step 116 of vocal data reception the destination indicating information in the form of vocal data is transferred to the host unit 10 by way of the host interface 46.
  • step 124 of literal data reception the sequence proceeds to step 126 to transfer the destination indicating information in the form of digitized DTMF tone to the host unit 10 by way of the host interface 46. Otherwise, following the step 130 of image data reception, the sequence proceeds to step 132 to transfer the destination indicating information in the form of image data to the host unit 10 by way of the host interface 46. In any case, after the destination indicating information has been transferred to the host unit 10, the sequence proceeds to step 134 to wait for the instruction of transfer of mail information from the host unit 10.
  • the host unit 10 is waiting for the instruction of reception mode from the facsimile unit 30 in step 202, and the condition of this step is affirmed following any of the steps 114, 122 and 128 of reception mode instruction by the facsimile unit 30.
  • the sequence proceeds to step 204 to detect whether it is the vocal mode. If the condition of step 204 is negated, the sequence proceeds to step 204 to detect whether it is the DTMF/literal mode.
  • step 204 On detecting the vocal reception mode, as affirmed in step 204, the sequence proceeds to step 206 to receive the vocal destination indicating data sent by the facsimile unit 30 in step 118 through the facsimile interface 20, and it is saved in the RAM in the main controller 12.
  • step 208 to analyze the vocal data based on the scheme of spectral matching, for example, as will be explained later.
  • step 210 On detecting the DTMF/literal reception mode, as affirmed in step 210, the sequence proceeds to step 212 to receive the DTMF/literal destination indicating data sent by the facsimile unit 30 in step 126 through the facsimile interface 20, and it is saved in the RAM in the main controller 12. The sequence proceeds to step 214 to analyze the DTMF/literal data (DTMF tone), which is specific to each E-mail destination, thereby to determine the destination.
  • DTMF tone DTMF tone
  • step 210 On detecting the image reception mode, as a negative result of the step 210, the sequence proceeds to step 216 to receive the image-wise destination indicating data sent by the facsimile unit 30 in step 132 through the facsimile interface 20, and it is saved in the RAM in the main controller 12. The sequence proceeds to step 218 to analyze the image data based on the general scheme of image recognition, as will be explained later.
  • the reception type of the information processor that has been determined to be the E-mail destination in step 220 is identified based on the record of reception types of all linked information processors (terminals) registered in the storage 16.
  • step 224 After one of reception types, i.e., vocal data reception, literal data reception or image data reception, is identified in step 224, the sequence proceeds to step 224 to prompt the facsimile unit 30 through the facsimile interface 20 to transfer mail data.
  • reception types i.e., vocal data reception, literal data reception or image data reception
  • the facsimile unit 30 is waiting for the instruction of data transfer from the host unit 10 in step 134.
  • the condition of step 134 is affirmed, and the sequence proceeds to step 136 to transfer the data (mail information) to the host unit 10, and the facsimile unit 30 terminates the operation.
  • the mail information transferred in step 136 is one of vocal data received in step 116, literal data received in step 124 and image data received and decoded in step 130.
  • the vocal data is digitized for transfer.
  • the host unit 10 receives the data of mail information, which is transferred from the facsimile unit 30 in the step 136, and stores it in the storage 16 in step 226.
  • step 228 on the flowchart of FIG. 5, in which the received data is examined as to whether it needs the vocal/image conversion process. If this condition is negated, the sequence proceeds to step 236 to examine whether it needs the vocal/literal conversion process. If this condition is negated, the sequence proceeds to step 242 to examine whether it needs the image/vocal conversion process. If this condition is negated, the sequence proceeds to step 250 to examine whether it needs the image/literal conversion process. If this condition is negated, the sequence proceeds to step 256 to examine whether it needs the literal/image conversion process. If this condition is negated, the sequence proceeds to step 262 to examine whether it needs the literal/vocal conversion process.
  • decision steps are implemented based on the reception type of destination terminal identified in step 222 and the form of data received in step 226, and the sequence branches into the following seven paths.
  • step 236 Delivery of vocal data to a terminal which is set to receive literal data: The condition of step 236 is affirmed, and the sequence branches to the vocal/literal conversion process of steps 238-240.
  • step 242 Delivery of image data to a terminal which is set to receive vocal data: The condition of step 242 is affirmed, and the sequence branches to the image/vocal conversion process of steps 244-248.
  • step 250 Delivery of image data to a terminal which is set to receive literal data: The condition of step 250 is affirmed, and the sequence branches to the image/literal conversion process of steps 252-254.
  • step 256 Delivery of literal data to a terminal which is set to receive image data: The condition of step 256 is affirmed, and the sequence branches to the vocal/literal conversion process of steps 258-260.
  • each character pattern is identified as a character based on the matching process for the extracted features, and a string of characters are generated as character string data (literal data) in step 412.
  • the completed character string data is saved in the storage 16, and the sequence returns to step 246 of the main routine of FIG. 5.
  • step 246 of the main routine the character string data is converted into vocal data based on the literal/vocal conversion process known in the art, and the resulting vocal data is filed in the storage 16 in step 248.
  • step 252 the subroutine of voice recognition & literal conversion process is executed so that the image data is converted into character string data (literal data) in the same manner as the above case (1).
  • step 254 the resulting character string data is filed in the storage 16.
  • step 264 the subroutine of literal/vocal conversion process is executed so that the literal data is converted into vocal data based on a known technique.
  • step 266 the resulting vocal data is filed in the storage 16.
  • step 268 of the main routine mail data of any form (vocal, image or literal) which has been received in step 226 is filed intact in the storage 16.
  • step 270 After a file of mail information has been stored in the storage 16 in any of the foregoing seven cases, the sequence proceeds to step 270, to detects based on the result of the step 220, as to whether the destination is specified. If the condition of step 270 is affirmed, the sequence proceeds to step 274 to read out the stored file (mail information) and transmit (transfer) it to the specified information processor by way of the network controller 18. Otherwise, if the condition of step 270 is negated, the sequence proceeds to step 272 to select the default destination as a specified E-mail destination, and the sequence proceeds to step 274.
  • the default destination must be a terminal capable of receiving image data, since the absence of destination specification is the case of the usual facsimile communication.
  • the inventive system has various data conversion functions and is capable of delivering E-mail information in the adapted data form to the intended destination even if the originating terminal and destination terminal are designed to deal with data of different types.
  • the main controller 12 of the host unit 10 functions to accomplish the data analysis means, data form conversion means, vocal/literal conversion means, vocal/image conversion means, image/literal conversion means, image/vocal conversion means, literal/image conversion means and literal/vocal conversion means.
  • the network controller 18 and main controller 12 in unison function to accomplish the transmission means.
  • the host interface 46 and main controller 32 of the facsimile unit 30 function to accomplish the transfer means.
  • the facsimile unit 30, and the host unit 10 connected to it directly transact data with each other so as to deliver mail information to specified destinations
  • an alternative manner is to let the facsimile unit 62 and a stand-alone terminal such as the workstation 60 transact data with each other through the network 52 so as to deliver mail information to specified destinations.
  • a further alternative manner is to provide the facsimile unit 62 with all functions necessary for the delivery of E-mails.
  • the DTMF tone is used as DTMF/literal indicating data
  • literal data coded data
  • mail information is delivered by the host unit 10 to the destination terminal specified by the originating terminal
  • mail information may be delivered to the E-mail box assigned to the user so that the user fetches the E-mail from the box, as in the case of the conventional E-mail system.
  • the originating terminal connected to the public telephone line merely needs to send mail information and destination indicating information over the telephone line, and the E-mail is delivered automatically to the intended destination information processor.
  • the system enables general terminals such as facsimile units to send E-mails through the public telephone line to destination terminals on another network such as a LAN by using a facsimile unit as a gateway.
  • the operator of the originating terminal connected to the public telephone line merely needs to send mail information and destination indicating information, and the E-mail is delivered to the intended destination information processor by being converted automatically to the adapted data form of the destination terminal.
  • the E-mails can be delivered in adapted forms to the individual destination terminals.
  • the originating terminal connected to the public telephone line merely needs to send mail information and destination indicating information over the telephone line, and the E-mail is delivered automatically to the intended destination information processor. Namely, the same effectiveness as the first system is attained.
  • the operator of the originating terminal connected to the public telephone line merely needs to send mail information and the DTMF signal in the manner of push-button dialing as destination indicating information, and the E-mail is delivered automatically to the intended destination terminal;
  • a facsimile unit for example, as an originating terminal merely needs to append an image-wise destination indicating message in the header field of a text to be sent, and the E-mail is delivered automatically to the intended destination terminal;
  • the operator of the originating terminal connected to the public telephone line merely needs to send mail information and a vocal destination indicating message, and the E-mail is delivered automatically to the intended destination terminal;
  • the operator of the originating terminal connected to the public telephone line merely needs to send mail information and a literal destination indicating message, and the E-mail is delivered automatically to the intended destination terminal;
  • E-mails are delivered automatically in the adapted data form without the need of operator intervention in the operation of the facsimile unit;
  • E-mails are delivered automatically in the adapted data form without the need of operator intervention in the operation of the facsimile unit;
  • E-mails are delivered automatically in the adapted data form without the need of operator intervention in the operation of the facsimile unit that constitutes the gateway;
  • E-mails are delivered automatically in the adapted data form without the need of operator intervention in the operation of the facsimile unit that constitutes the gateway;
  • E-mails are delivered automatically in the adapted data form without the need of operator intervention in the operation of the facsimile unit that constitutes the gateway;
  • E-mails are delivered automatically in the adapted data form without the need of operator intervention in the operation of the facsimile unit that constitutes the gateway;
  • the operator of the originating terminal connected to the public telephone line merely needs to send mail information and destination indicating information, and the E-mail is delivered to the intended destination information processor by being converted automatically to the adapted data form of the destination terminal. Namely, even if destination information processors on the network have data reception types different from types of data sent by originating terminals connected to the public telephone line, E-mails can be delivered in adapted forms to the individual destination terminals.

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